Before tlie . ; i Footlights; TPwmght tfee .sen&atksaal melo-1 ;clr,ani3, "A Gahj bier's Daghtt:.'." Uviil be given &t the o.osa house. ritC023es well mecomtsieiideid as a-j a-j well -staged and finely pnesented jliay. Manager Gwj Thatcher (! the iiaipere house annoufloe that jtttiere are a number of .exostlflnt ' ii..iracuoi..s injoail'- ifto ifie af the present seaon, ancongtihem the followiR.: Feb. 17 "The PeddBec's Claim. " Wardfc 4 S. Miller Kent 5u TiieiCtwboy and the Lady."'' ; March. 14 Charles A. Gar-diaer. March '17 "Sandy Bottom." MarchlJ ''Lover's Lane." March .27 "Midsummer Nigfct'-s BtJeam, " by A. C. of U. ladies ' -societies April 1 SSarJow's minstrels. April 4 -viF;innegan's Ball." AprtJ 11 '-'The Resurrection." April 24 ir-s. Brune. : May 4 John Griffiths in "Macbeth." i Among the foregoing, "The Cowboy and the Lady, " Griffiths, " Fi nnegaa's Ball ' .and the mi n-strels n-strels are espeeiaily strong at- J tractions. j Thp management of the opera, house are negotiating with Chas. Hanford. the prominent Shakes-1 earian c Ctor, , for an engage-; taent, with' excellent prospects' of success. j